Odon Youth Fires Shot After Jeer at Riverside
In Riverside near the White River, Hershel Smiley of Odon allegedly fired at Grover Mathewson after a taunting remark amid high river water crowds. Mathewson was wounded in the chest near the heart and lung but later showed improvement. Smiley was arrested in Odon and awaits circuit court action as his father Milo Smiley provides bail.
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Enona
Grover Matthewson
Hershel Smiley
Riverside
White River
Southern Indiana
Smiley
Matthewson
Indiana
Leak
Mathewgap
Matthews
Odon
Browning
Elnora
Squire Hastings
Milo Smiley
Harvey Smiley
Young Smiley
Oie Matthewson
Thomas Matthewson
Rail accident reports two small wrecks near shops
At noon Monday a switch engine pushed coal cars into an elevator and a rail turned, sending cars off the track and sinking them. Last night two freight cars jumped the track just west of the shops but were righted shortly after.
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Jinto
Prof Davis Dead After Weeks Of Illness At 62
Wilson S Davis principal of West End schools for years died Friday morning at his home on West Van Fleet street. He had been ill for weeks with no arrangements yet made for funeral services likely Sunday. He was a key figure in local education and community work and survived by his wife and four children. Burial will be at Oak Grove cemetery.
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Wilson S. Davis
West van Feed Street
Cme
Ida Campbell
Blake
Heli
First Christian Church
Hel
Sch
Davis
Dyig
Youngis Spond
Lark Davis
Frank Davis
Illinois
Oak Grate Cemetery
Funeral of Prof Davis at First Christian Church
Funeral services for Prof W S Davis were held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the First Christian church with many relatives school teachers and pupils in attendance. After rites the body was interred at Oak Grove cemetery following floral tributes from teachers trustees students Building and Loan directors and B and O S W machinists.
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W. .S. Davis
O’glock
First Christian Church
Buna
Oak Grovaj
Students | Building and Loan Association
Roads Proposition Carried in Precinct Ballot
Proposition carried with 221 votes in first precinct and 85 in second. First precinct favored roads by 17, second precinct opposed by 4. Measure would fund about fifteen miles of improved roads centering into Plainville and extending to the township line south toward Washington.
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Plainville
Washington
Turned Detective Elnora Traces Coal Thief
Elnora iCitizen identifies a thief by a novel method. The culprit's path home and a basement window at the Elnora school led to suspicions. The next night the student reported the finding to his father and they investigated the school yard uncovering evidence.
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Elnora
Mi Ind
Lett Cochran Wedding Proclaimed at Bride’s Parents Home
Sunday at the bride's parents home near the city Miss Ida Cochran wed Hugh Lett a Veale township farmer and former Spanish American War soldier. Rev H C Shaw of Farmersbury officiated. The bride once studied here and worked at the Home Phone Company's exchange. The couple will live in Veale township.
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Ida Cochran
Hugh Lett
Veale Township
H.C. Shaw
Farmersbury
Veale
Arner
Exchange
Veave
Miscellaneous local notices from scattered Indiana papers
A compilation of short items notes arrivals in Marietta Georgia church reception and ten members added, real estate changes in Harrodsburg Kentucky, venue cost shifts in Indiana court cases, a factory employee dispute over 77 cents, Labor Day speakers in Winslow, judging action on counterfeit or listing of calot machines, horses run away in Vincennes area, Elnora plans four brick business buildings and local library hours changes after March 9 2008 with new Sunday opening mid April
Evangelist Toy Calls City to Repentance from Vice
Evangelist Toy preaches against drunkenness gambling and blasphemy in a Sunday afternoon sermon at the Opera House with Rev. Reiss and George A. Fisher. He warns Washington to purge vice or risk becoming a second Gomorrah, urging parents to guide children away from ruinous habits.
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Opera House
Heny Evangelist Toy
Meg
George A. Fisher
Samuel Reiss
M. E. i Ehurels
Mr. Toy
Galatia
Washington
Toy
Steward
Miles
Howell delays mail of seed. urgent calls urged
Mr. Boyd has not mailed the seed yet but anyone wanting seeds should call immediately before Eichloff receives them. If not claimed, seeds will be sent to Mr Eichloff.
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Howell
Boyd
Eichloff
Jury Selections Set for March Term of Court
Jury Commissioners John W Mc Carty and Albion Worrall with Clerk Thomas Harris named jurors for the upcoming March term. The grand jury lists Elmer Ennis Veale township E S Pershing Elmor Newton Daugherty Ladison John A Mudd Sferia William L Brown Washington and others. The panel includes John F Blandford Steele James Edwards Veale John A Fears Steele and several names from Washington Madison and Guzard areas. The docket is expected to be light for the term beginning next Monday.
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John W. McCarty
Albion Worrall
Thomas Harris
Grand Jury
Elmer Ennis
Veale Township
E. S. Pershing
Elmor
Newton Daugherty
A Ladison
John A. Mudd
Sferia
William L. Brown
Washington
William Patrick
Reeve
Pem Guy
John F. Blandford
Steele
James Edwards
Veale
John A. Fears
John W. Mlb Rodes
Oun
William BR. Neerimer
Madison
Alvin
Tiny Reeve
George Ff
Elis
Thomas Scott
Guzard
Joseph Hocner
Alfred Mead
Pfarrison
Fred W. Shatter
Malison
Infant Stuckey Dies. Burial at Bethel Cemetery
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Stuckey died Saturday night. Burial was held at Bethel Cemetery on Sunday afternoon.
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Spuckey
Leonard Stuckey
Bethel Cemetery
Louie Sefrit Appointed Assistant City Editor of Seattle Times
Louie Sefrit formerly of Tus Ga 721 is named assistant city editor at the Seattle Times. The young reporter, among the newspaper’s most rapid rise stories, joined Seattle two years ago and earned the promotion through merit. Washington friends congratulate him on the recognition.
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Louie
B. Sefrit
Tus Ga
Seattle Times
the Times
Pacific Coast
Sefrit
Sofri
Seattle
Wash‘ Upton
Allen and Miss Smith Wed in Local Justice Office
Thomas Allen of Elnora and Miss Flossie Smith of this city married at Justice Brown's office on Saturday. The groom is a popular Elnora foreman on the Southern Indiana railroad. The couple will make their home in this city.
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Thomas Allen
Elnora
Flossie Smith
Justice , Brown
Ind
South Tenth Street
Mr. Allen
Southern Indiana Railroad
Terra Haute Express
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